title: Targeting a TAF to make muscle.
abstract: In a recent issue of Molecular Cell, Deato et al. (2008) elucidate the basis by which the muscle-specific activator MyoD recruits the core transcription machinery to the promoter of a key regulatory gene involved in myogenic differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Programs in Gene Function and Expression and Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D017570:MyoD Protein / Q000502:physiology*; D032448:Myoblasts, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D018008:Myogenin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D035182:TATA Box Binding Protein-Like Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D024363:Transcription Initiation Site
chemical_list: D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D017570:MyoD Protein; C057363:MyoD1 myogenic differentiation protein; C503801:Myog protein, mouse; D018008:Myogenin; D035182:TATA Box Binding Protein-Like Proteins; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; C515947:TRF3 protein, mouse; C532029:Taf3 protein, mouse